Grande Ronde Hospital | FY2016 | Community Benefit Report

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BEFORE WE BEGAN
the labor-intensive and lengthy process
to build what we hoped would be the best
community assessment tool we’d ever
had, we knew from experience that active
engagement with a wide range of commu-
nity leaders, partners and individuals—even
more so than during our 2010 and 2013
Assessments—was vital to its relevance and
potential.
We resolved to dig deeper into learning
the best opportunities to positively benefit
our community through our Community
Benefit program. Our efforts to engage
the entire community in the process were
extensive. What we have obtained from the
2015 Community Health Needs Assessment
(CHNA) has validated those efforts.
A greater understanding
Physical health was a key component of
our 2015 tool, but we also sought input
on mental, behavioral and quality-of-
life issues—as well as basic needs (e.g.,
economics and housing) and overall health
status perceptions. Our purpose was to
assess the physical and mental health status
of those surveyed and to more clearly reveal
the social determinants of overall health and
well-being in Union County.
The 2015 CHNA has provided us with
a greater understanding of where we and
our community partners stand in fulfilling
our respective missions. We now know
better where there are gaps in our efforts—
and where we must focus our individual and
collective efforts. We remain committed to
working to remove barriers to good health
in order to build a more vital and robust
quality of life for everyone.
We hope you enjoy this year’s report—
a brief overview of the foundational work
we undertook behind the scenes during
the 2015 fiscal year. I’d like to thank our
community partners and stakeholders for
their time and input to help us make this
the most comprehensive and informative
Assessment we have ever done. We could
not have done it without you.
Wendy Roberts,
Senior Director,
Administrative
Services,
GRH Community
Benefit Officer
GRH blood draw at S.E. Miller
School on Feb. 20, 2016
Digging deeper into the unmet
health needs of our community
Northeast Oregon Area
Health Education Center
w wMeredith Lair
Northeast Oregon Network
w wLisa Ladendorff
w wHolly Sorensen
Oregon Health &
Sciences University
w wMelissa Curtis
w wAnne Taylor
Our Lady of the Valley
Catholic Church
w wJohn Herman
Union County
CARE Program
w wSherlyn Roberts
Union County
Chamber of Commerce
w wKristen Dollarhide
Union County
Commissioners
w wJack Howard
Union County Economic
Development Corporation
w wDan Stark
Union County Safe
Communities Coalition
w wHolly Sorensen
w wRobinWortman
GRH blood draw at Union
County Senior Center on
Feb. 27, 2016